Comments on: My Mother Still Haunts Me http://commonsenseliving.com/misc-thoughts/my-mother-still-haunts-me Get control of your life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:40:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carole http://commonsenseliving.com/misc-thoughts/my-mother-still-haunts-me/comment-page-1#comment-772 Carole Mon, 11 May 2009 03:09:49 +0000 http://commonsenseliving.com/?p=469#comment-772 Jan & Carol - Thanks so much for sharing your stories here! Each story I've read either here, or the ones I received by email have touched my heart. You've all proven the point that mother's touch our lives forever. I hope everyone had a great mother's day. It was cold here. Strange having a tan and needing a winter coat. Sigh.... Jan & Carol -

Thanks so much for sharing your stories here!

Each story I’ve read either here, or the ones I received by email have touched my heart.

You’ve all proven the point that mother’s touch our lives forever.

I hope everyone had a great mother’s day. It was cold here. Strange having a tan and needing a winter coat. Sigh….

]]> By: Carol http://commonsenseliving.com/misc-thoughts/my-mother-still-haunts-me/comment-page-1#comment-771 Carol Sun, 10 May 2009 17:01:13 +0000 http://commonsenseliving.com/?p=469#comment-771 Happy Mothers' Day!!! Thank you for sharing your story. 28 was my traumatic year. My mother committed suicide when she was 28, so my whole year of being 28 I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown (she suffered from extreme anxiety) and end up killing myself. I laughed about it, but deep inside I wondered if I would! The only female role models I had were my grandparents and my aunts. I was loved and coddled and sent off to school. I never had children because I never wanted to leave a child alone in this world, as I was left. I suffered from abandonment issues for years. You are right, our mothers have an extreme impact on our lives. One surprising thing I leared from my years in social work. There can be 2 children from the same abusive and neglectful family, and one can be a failure and the other a success. If you asked each of them why they feel they are a failure or a succes, they each will give the same answer, "Because of my childhood". It is how we deal with our "lot in life". I am glad you came out on the successful side. I am glad I did, too. Your friend, Carol. Happy Mothers’ Day!!! Thank you for sharing your story. 28 was my traumatic year. My mother committed suicide when she was 28, so my whole year of being 28 I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown (she suffered from extreme anxiety) and end up killing myself. I laughed about it, but deep inside I wondered if I would!

The only female role models I had were my grandparents and my aunts. I was loved and coddled and sent off to school. I never had children because I never wanted to leave a child alone in this world, as I was left. I suffered from abandonment issues for years.

You are right, our mothers have an extreme impact on our lives.

One surprising thing I leared from my years in social work. There can be 2 children from the same abusive and neglectful family, and one can be a failure and the other a success. If you asked each of them why they feel they are a failure or a succes, they each will give the same answer, “Because of my childhood”. It is how we deal with our “lot in life”.

I am glad you came out on the successful side. I am glad I did, too.

Your friend, Carol.

]]> By: Jan http://commonsenseliving.com/misc-thoughts/my-mother-still-haunts-me/comment-page-1#comment-715 Jan Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:42:56 +0000 http://commonsenseliving.com/?p=469#comment-715 Hey Carole, Wow, you too huh! I'm 53 and my Mom died when she was 53, oh dang! She died of a blood clot going to her heart. She was a great Mom. First one up in the morning and last one to go to bed, always cleaning or cooking. My only complaint about her would be she had a tendency to slap my face a lot. I mean a lot. If I rolled my eyes or something like that! Smack! Back to the point though, it does kind of freak me out thinking of how young she died and now I'm that age. Will I make it through the year? Hey Carole,

Wow, you too huh! I’m 53 and my Mom died when she was 53, oh dang! She died of a blood clot going to her heart.

She was a great Mom. First one up in the morning and last one to go to bed, always cleaning or cooking. My only complaint about her would be she had a tendency to slap my face a lot. I mean a lot. If I rolled my eyes or something like that! Smack!

Back to the point though, it does kind of freak me out thinking of how young she died and now I’m that age. Will I make it through the year?

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